IVCA ACTUAL EXAMINATION
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
EXTENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH VERY
DETAILED WELL DEFINED CORRECT
ANSWERS WELL ORGANIZED GRADED A+
⩥ Motion Unit. Answer: Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the
tissues between them
⩥ Paraphysiological space. Answer: Where the chiropractor performs
the adjustment
⩥ Elastic Barrier. Answer: the area known as taking motion to tension,
where motion is assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where adjustment is
performed
⩥ Normal range of motion. Answer: chiropractic diagnoses and
adjustments are performed within
⩥ Set and Hold. Answer: When adjusting animals
⩥ Thenar
Pisiform
,Heel of Hand. Answer: Three parts of the hand that are used for
adjusting large animals
⩥ Episternal notch. Answer: Two handed adjustments LOC come from
the
⩥ Elbow. Answer: Singled handed adjustments LOC come from
⩥ 1) Body/Corpus
2) Pedicles (2)
3) Laminae. Answer: Bony borders of the spinal canal
⩥ Mobility. Answer: The canine transverse process is curved for more
⩥ Weight bearing. Answer: The equine transverse process is straight for
more
⩥ Keep Normal Range of Motion. Answer: Primary job of ligaments
⩥ This portion of the disc provides stability, has outer pain fibers, less
water content, and is fibrous in textures. Answer: Annulus Fibrosis
,⩥ The portion of the disc is mostly water, has no nerve or blood supply,
acts like ball bearing to absorb shock, and is gelatinous in texture.
Answer: nucleus pulposes
⩥ How does the disc get nutrition, specifically in the nucleus pulposes?.
Answer: Imbibition
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in the equine?. Answer: Foramen
Magnum to L3
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in canine?. Answer: Foramen Magnum
to L5/L6
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in feline?. Answer: Foramen Magnum
to sacrum
⩥ This joint only exists in equines and rhinos. It provides more stability
and motion.. Answer: Intertransverse Joint
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint allow?. Answer:
Flexion and Extension
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint limit?. Answer: lateral
flexion
, ⩥ What are the soft borders of the IVF?. Answer: 1) ligamentum flavum
2) joint capsule
3) Disc
⩥ What are the bony borders of IVF?. Answer: 1) Pedicles
2) Vertebral Notches
⩥ What areas in the spine do not allow for coupled motion?. Answer:
Occiput
C1
C2
⩥ What is the primary pivot point in the pelvis?. Answer: pubic
symphysis
⩥ What segment is located in between the tuber sacrales in the equine
spine?. Answer: S1
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of the equine?. Answer: S2
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of canine spine?. Answer: S1
COMPREHENSIVE TEST PAPER 2026
EXTENSIVE QUESTIONS WITH VERY
DETAILED WELL DEFINED CORRECT
ANSWERS WELL ORGANIZED GRADED A+
⩥ Motion Unit. Answer: Two adjacent articulating surfaces and all the
tissues between them
⩥ Paraphysiological space. Answer: Where the chiropractor performs
the adjustment
⩥ Elastic Barrier. Answer: the area known as taking motion to tension,
where motion is assessed, VSC is diagnosed, and where adjustment is
performed
⩥ Normal range of motion. Answer: chiropractic diagnoses and
adjustments are performed within
⩥ Set and Hold. Answer: When adjusting animals
⩥ Thenar
Pisiform
,Heel of Hand. Answer: Three parts of the hand that are used for
adjusting large animals
⩥ Episternal notch. Answer: Two handed adjustments LOC come from
the
⩥ Elbow. Answer: Singled handed adjustments LOC come from
⩥ 1) Body/Corpus
2) Pedicles (2)
3) Laminae. Answer: Bony borders of the spinal canal
⩥ Mobility. Answer: The canine transverse process is curved for more
⩥ Weight bearing. Answer: The equine transverse process is straight for
more
⩥ Keep Normal Range of Motion. Answer: Primary job of ligaments
⩥ This portion of the disc provides stability, has outer pain fibers, less
water content, and is fibrous in textures. Answer: Annulus Fibrosis
,⩥ The portion of the disc is mostly water, has no nerve or blood supply,
acts like ball bearing to absorb shock, and is gelatinous in texture.
Answer: nucleus pulposes
⩥ How does the disc get nutrition, specifically in the nucleus pulposes?.
Answer: Imbibition
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in the equine?. Answer: Foramen
Magnum to L3
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in canine?. Answer: Foramen Magnum
to L5/L6
⩥ What is the spinal cord length in feline?. Answer: Foramen Magnum
to sacrum
⩥ This joint only exists in equines and rhinos. It provides more stability
and motion.. Answer: Intertransverse Joint
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint allow?. Answer:
Flexion and Extension
⩥ What movement does the intertransverse joint limit?. Answer: lateral
flexion
, ⩥ What are the soft borders of the IVF?. Answer: 1) ligamentum flavum
2) joint capsule
3) Disc
⩥ What are the bony borders of IVF?. Answer: 1) Pedicles
2) Vertebral Notches
⩥ What areas in the spine do not allow for coupled motion?. Answer:
Occiput
C1
C2
⩥ What is the primary pivot point in the pelvis?. Answer: pubic
symphysis
⩥ What segment is located in between the tuber sacrales in the equine
spine?. Answer: S1
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of the equine?. Answer: S2
⩥ What is the first palpable sacral segment of canine spine?. Answer: S1
